Letter: Who exactly is funding the anti-gun rallies?

Am I the only one who wonders who is funding these anti-gun rallies that are reported by the news to have been carried by school age children?

These teenagers are still minors. They can’t buy a plane ticket, let alone reserve a venue for a major public rally. Where does the money come from? Microphones, stages, lights, porta-potties, etc., don’t just magically show up. Someone had to coordinate and pay for this.

Am I the only cynic who sees the hands of our anti-gun liberals in this? Well-written speeches can very well be the handiwork of the teenagers. But statements like “You are either with us or against us!”

Well, duh. In any argument there are going to be two sides. That’s where compromise comes into play. A lot of shouting, threats, emotions, and “we shall triumph”, but what exactly do they want? Protection from being killed at school? I’m all for that. Better background checks? Ditto. Arming teachers? Let’s talk about that.

Ban of certain firearms? I don’t think so. Semi-automatic rifles (“assault rifles”) have been around since WW-II. However, it is only recently that schools have been targets.

Back in the '50s and '60s, I could order a semi-auto rifle without a background check and have it delivered to me in the mail. Yet there was not the amount of violence as you see now with all of the background checks and laws.

I think it’s safe to say that it’s not the availability of guns as much as it’s a change in social behavior. The teenagers say that the NRA is killing them. If I’m not mistaken, the past two school attacks were carried out by their own – a teenager.

More gun laws? Well those two teens broke at least a half dozen gun laws in carrying out their crime.

Should we give up trying to protect our children? No! But let’s look at the cause of the problem, not the tool used. I have neither the answer nor solution. But adding one more anti-gun law in the books is not it. A person, not a gun, killed all of those children. So let’s address the problem.